Hermes: AI Gets Smart About Extra Thinking Time!
“Turns out, even AI needs to declutter its thoughts to get anything done.”
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What happened: TYPE: Research Paper (arXiv) | TECH: Hermes | Learning Contextual Reasoning Unlocks Test-Time Scaling | MECHANISM: AI models learn to dynamically manage their 'thinking time' by swapping relevant information in and out of memory as needed for complex, multi-step tasks. | IMPACT: Smaller, freely available AI models show noticeable improvement on hard problems by efficiently utilizing contextual reasoning and memory.
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Panel 1 – Mom: It forgets its own progress!
Panel 1 – Kiki: Wah! (Throws blocks)
Panel 1 – Mom: It forgets its own progress!
Panel 1 – Kiki: Wah! (Throws blocks)
Panel 2 – Mom: Its like a bigger playpen.
Panel 2 – Kiki: Goo goo! (Reaches for playmat)
Panel 2 – Mom: Its like a bigger playpen.
Panel 2 – Kiki: Goo goo! (Reaches for playmat)
Panel 3 – Mom: It swaps thoughts in and out!
Panel 3 – Kiki: Da-da! (Nods knowingly)
Panel 3 – Mom: It swaps thoughts in and out!
Panel 3 – Kiki: Da-da! (Nods knowingly)
Panel 4 – Mom: Better at really tough tasks!
Panel 4 – Kiki: Yay! (Claps hands)
Panel 4 – Mom: Better at really tough tasks!
Panel 4 – Kiki: Yay! (Claps hands)
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